²² The capitals on the pillars were shaped like water lilies. And so the work on the pillars was finished.

²³ Then Huram cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from rim to rim, called the Sea. It was 7 1⁄2 feet deep and about 45 feet in circumference.^{[a] 24} It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of decorative gourds. There were about six gourds per foot^[b] all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.